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{{InfoboxNeue
|title = Sataball
|image = Star_Citizen_Sataball_logo.png
|label1 = Activity Type
|content1 = Team Sport
|label2 = Highest Governing Body
|content2 = Sataball Professional League
|label3 = First Played
|content3 = Pre-Messer Era
|label4 = Contact
|content4 = Yes (Moderate)
|label5 = Team Members
|content5 = 6 In Play<br />Roster of 20
|label6 = Mixed Gender
|content6 = Unknown
|label7 = Venue
|content7 = Microgravity Arena
|label8 = Equipment
|content8 = Sataball (object)<br/ >Magnetic Field Belt<br/ >SataGlove
|label9 = Region
|content9 = UEE Space<br/ >Banu Protectorate
|label10 = Nicknames
|content10 = |label11 = Game Length
|content11 = One Standard Earth Hour
|label12 = Game Periods
|content12 = Four Quarters
|label13 = Cup
|content13 = The Galactic Series
}}

'''Sataball''' is a team-based zero gravity sport within the [[StarCitizen:Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']] universe.

== Lore ==
Details of Sataball were discussed in a series of [[StarCitizen:Lore Builder]] posts, building upon fan feedback'''.'''<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13355-Lore-Builder-Three-Racing-Events-Sataball|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Three - Racing Events & Sataball|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Three - Racing Events & Sataball}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13365-Lore-Builder-Four-Sataball|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Four - Sataball|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Four - Sataball}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13375-Lore-Builder-Five-Sataball-Format|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Five - Sataball Format|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Five - Sataball Format}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13387-Lore-Builder-Six-Sataball-Criminals|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Six - Sataball & Criminals|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Six - Sataball & Criminals}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13416-LORE-BUILDER-SEVEN-FINAL-SATABALL-VOTE-PIRATES-GALORE|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Seven - Final Sataball Vote & Pirates Galore|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Seven - Final Sataball Vote & Pirates Galore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13428-LORE-BUILDER-EIGHT-FIELD-GOALS-BARRIERS|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Eight - Field - Goals - Barriers|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Eight - Field - Goals - Barriers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13443-LORE-BUILDER-NINE-SQUADRON-NUMBERING-SATABALL|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Nine - Squadron Numbering & Sataball|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Nine - Squadron Numbering & Sataball}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13462-LORE-BUILDER-TEN-NUMBERING-AND-SATABALL-WRAP-UP|text=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Ten - Numbering and Sataball Wrap-Up|int=Comm-Link:Lore Builder - Ten - Numbering and Sataball Wrap-Up}}</ref>

It's a 16 vs 16 combat in teams, with players equipped with a laser pistol and a grappler, the game's goal is to eliminate the enemy team or capture their base.<ref name=":0">[https://youtu.be/v8BL8gXjc54?si=njB-XEbGfCCWtKIt&t=1714 Star Citizen PAX East Presentation], Youtube, Star Citizen, Mar 10, 2015</ref>

It features leagues and championships.<ref name=":0" />

In lore it is played at [[StarCitizen:Astro Arena]].{{fact}}

=== Teams ===

==== [[StarCitizen:Imperial League]] ====
*[[StarCitizen:Centauri Centurions]]
*[[StarCitizen:Croshaw Jumpers]]
*Earth Eagles? Sol Gladiators?
*[[StarCitizen:Elysium Elementals]]
*[[StarCitizen:Ferron Lancers]]
*[[StarCitizen:Idris Air Hawks]]
*[[StarCitizen:Olympique Vega]]
*[[StarCitizen:Rhetor Raiders]]
*[[StarCitizen:SC Davien]]
*[[StarCitizen:Stanton Knights]]

==== [[StarCitizen:Territorial League]] ====
*[[StarCitizen:Baker Custlers]]
*[[StarCitizen:Cathcart Gangsters]]
*[[StarCitizen:Ellis Racers]]
*[[StarCitizen:Fora Flames]]
*[[StarCitizen:Goss Bucs]]
*[[StarCitizen:Kiel Guardians]]
*[[StarCitizen:Kilian Killers]]
*[[StarCitizen:Magnus Dominators]]
*[[StarCitizen:Nemo Crashers]]
*[[StarCitizen:Terra Gryphons]]

==== Unknown League ====
*[[StarCitizen:Angeli Aeros]]
*[[StarCitizen:Jata SC]]
*[[StarCitizen:Jata ZGCC]]
*[[StarCitizen:JLA]]

== Development ==
it aimed to serve as a non lethal combat training for zero gravity, navigation in combat.<ref name=":0" />

It was announced at [[StarCitizen:Pax East 2015]], where it was also available to play, devs vs the community.<ref name=":0" />

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|MonthlyReport-1503-Illfonic-1.jpg
|MonthlyReport-1504-Illfonic2.jpg
|Sataball Helmet Star Citizen.jpg
|SataballSuit.jpg
}}

== Quote ==
{{Quote|I think it's a bit backwards that more people streamed the Sataball championship than the last election. people need to get their priorities straight.|NPC conversation<ref>{{Cite game|build=Alpha 4.3.2|accessdate=2025-10-20}}</ref>}}
== Trivia ==

* It was compared to the team battles in ''Ender's Game''.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Lore]]

StarCitizen:Sataball - Revision history

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